Wright Tabbed to NABC All-District First Team

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.
–Harvard
junior forward Keith Wright has been named to the National
Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) All-District First Team in
an announcement made Wednesday.

Wright, a co-captain of the Crimson, was joined by four
other players on the District 13 first team and five
student-athletes on the second team. There are 24 districts in all
and a total of 120 players will move on for consideration for
All-America honors. The first team also featured Princeton’s
Ian Hummer, Lehigh’s C.J. McCollum, American’s Vlad
Moldoveanu and Bucknell’s Mike Muscala.

Wright, a native of Sullolk, Va., led Harvard in scoring
with 14.9 points per game and rebounds with 8.5 boards per contest.
He earned 12 double-doubles on the season and received three Ivy
League Player of the Week accolades. He paced the Ivy League in
shooting percentage (.588), finished second in the Ivy in
rebounding and ranked third in the league in scoring. Wright also
stood second in the conference with 1.8 blocks per game and led the
Ancient Eight with 3.3 offensive rebounds per contest.

Wright and the Crimson (23-5, 12-2 Ivy) will face
Princeton (24-6, 12-2) in a one-game playoff to determine the Ivy
League’s automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament Saturday,
March 12 at 4 p.m. The game will be played at Yale’s Lee
Amphitheater in New Haven, Conn.